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The Day After 14.0: Oilers goaltending woes continue in loss to Blues

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05.11.2025
The Edmonton Oilers have a goaltending problem, and it’s not to do with Stuart Skinner.

In fact, Skinner has been stellar for the team this year — better than you may think — but more on that later. Front of mind, however, is Calvin Pickard’s performance Monday night against the St. Louis Blues, where he gave up three goals against in Edmonton’s 3-2 blown-lead loss.

The number of goals wasn’t particularly the issue at hand, but it was more so the quality of his play between the pipes. He looked disconnected and at times stuck in quicksand, like when he struggled to get across the crease on Dalibor Dvorsky’s second-period power-play goal. And on Robert Thomas’, the........

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